Chapter 46: Demonic Cult Secrets, Summoning a Terrifying Divine Ability

Qiu Buping, at Golden Core Stage Three, was better off and could barely maintain a shred of consciousness, but Song Dong, only at Golden Core Stage One, was directly knocked unconscious by a tail swipe, his life or death unknown.

"Hiss!"

Xiao Mo let out a long hiss, as if venting.

Having spent too much time living a leisurely life at the Qingyun Sect lately, it had long since grown weary of it; now that it had a chance to strike, it naturally wanted to vent to its heart's content.

Flapping its wings, Xiao Mo transformed into a black rainbow and lunged with its bloody maw wide open to bite at the still-conscious Qiu Buping.

"Damn it!"

Qiu Buping was filled with panic, but he made a decision: no matter what, he had to escape today. He muttered to himself, "It seems I must use that move."

"Hmm? You still have a backup plan?"

Su Changqing watched this scene with curiosity.

Just as Xiao Mo's mouth reached before Qiu Buping, he bit his fingertip and touched a drop of fresh blood to his forehead. A strange flame instantly began to burn rapidly from his body, accompanied by a heart-wrenching scream from Qiu Buping, as if he were suffering the most excruciating pain in the world; it sounded extraordinarily terrifying in the silent, long night.

The next second, Xiao Mo bit down, but it only bit into a pile of rubble; Qiu Buping's figure had completely vanished.

"Pfft, pfft, pfft!"

After Xiao Mo spat out all the rubble in its mouth, its snake eyes scanned left and right, seemingly searching for where Qiu Buping had gone.

Su Changqing was also puzzled and flew at high speed toward the burning site, but there were no signs of departure, only a few scorched scraps of clothing left on the ground.

Ever since Qiu Buping used this divine ability, as his body burned, he had vanished into thin air from the scene. Even after Su Changqing used his Qi to probe a radius of several miles, he could not find any trace of his presence, as if this person had never existed at all.

"What kind of divine ability or technique is this?"

Su Changqing could not help but marvel at it.

However, he had no intention of continuing the pursuit; after all, he had rashly left the Qingyun Sect, and if others were still lying in ambush, he would be putting himself in danger.

Besides, there was still a living captive left here.

"Wake up, wake up, stop playing dead."

Su Changqing walked over to Song Dong and kicked him, which immediately made Song Dong, who was still playing dead, spit out a mouthful of blood and wake up.

"Hehe, you still found me!"

Song Dong smiled sheepishly.

He had known this trip was extremely dangerous, so he had secretly brought an Armor Treasure for self-defense. Although Xiao Mo's tail swipe had left him severely injured, most of the force had been blocked by the Armor Treasure, so it wasn't fatal, though the armor was already shattered and unusable.

He hadn't expected his attempt to play dead to be discovered by Su Changqing; how embarrassing.

"Fellow Daoist Su, I was also forced to come along with Qiu Buping; I never had any intention of dealing with you. Now that Qiu Buping has escaped, why don't you let me go too?"

Song Dong wiped the blood from his mouth and pleaded with Su Changqing, feigning a pitiful appearance.

"Want to leave? That's easy!"

Su Changqing leaned down and said to him with a brilliant smile: "First question, tell me, what divine ability did Qiu Buping just use to escape right under my nose, and why couldn't I detect his trail with my Qi?"

"Fellow Daoist Su, what Qiu Buping just used is our sect's secret technique, called the Blood Burning Escape Technique. It is a divine ability that only high-level members of our sect can learn." "It is a divine ability that relies on burning one's own heart blood as a catalyst to instantly escape a hundred or even a thousand miles. Although this divine ability is incredibly powerful as an escape technique, it leaves the user with depleted heart blood, making it difficult to recover for the rest of their life; the hidden dangers are endless."

In order to survive, Song Dong could no longer care about sect secrets or anything else, and honestly told Su Changqing all the mysteries of the Blood Burning Escape Technique.

As Song Dong spoke, the system's voice suddenly rang out in Su Changqing's mind.

【Host has observed the "Blood Burning Escape Technique," triggering Against-Heaven Comprehension, successfully improving the "Blood Burning Escape Technique" into the "Fanu Escape Technique."】

【Fanu Escape Technique: No longer requires burning one's own heart blood; as long as a wisp of Qi remains in the dantian, one can achieve a shadow-like escape of a hundred miles without leaving a trace. However, after use, one must rest for three days before the dantian can resume absorbing Qi.】

Su Changqing nodded silently in his heart.

This kid was indeed not lying; it was just that the Blood Burning Escape Technique was inherently heaven-defying, as it could only be driven by burning heart blood. Now that he had improved it with his own Against-Heaven Comprehension, it still retained a fraction of the side effects, which showed just how profound this escape divine ability was.

It was certainly worthy of being called a secret technique by the people of the Demonic Cult.

However, now that he had the Fanu Escape Technique, he had a trump card for self-preservation if he encountered unbeatable opponents in the future; if he couldn't win, he would just escape, and after resting for three days, he would be a good man again.

"Hmm, you've been honest enough."

Su Changqing smiled and gave his approval to Song Dong, then asked his second question: "How did you guess my identity?"

"Fellow Daoist Su, does that even need guessing? Your exploits at the Qingyun Sect's Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament have spread throughout the cultivation world. A single sword technique was enough to stir up earth-shattering waves. Lao Dushen and the Sect Master knew immediately that the person who acted at Jiuyin Mountain that day had something to do with you, so they specifically sent Qiu Buping to scout for information."

"And..."

After saying this long sentence, Song Dong hesitated, as if he had some unspeakable secret.

Su Changqing frowned slightly; he had a premonition that the next sentence would be exactly what he was most looking forward to hearing.

Mimicking Qiu Buping, he slapped him on the head and said coldly: "Speak, and what?"

Song Dong made a bitter face, then gestured for Su Changqing to lean in. Su Changqing knew this kid shouldn't be able to pull any tricks, so he naturally leaned forward to listen.

The next second, what Song Dong said truly made Su Changqing freeze instantly.

"And your Qingyun Sect already has a mole sent by our Demonic Cult!"

After carefully checking that there was no one else around, Song Dong slowly revealed this most unspeakable secret of the Demonic Cult to Su Changqing.

Afterward, the moment Song Dong finished speaking, a whistling sound of something breaking through the air suddenly came from the silent sky, and a huge beam of light shot rapidly from the distant horizon toward the spot where Su Changqing and Song Dong were standing.

Su Changqing felt a sudden sense of impending doom.

The power of this huge beam of light was so great that it stirred up a sense of terror that welled up from Su Changqing's heart, and its extreme speed made it impossible for him to dodge.

"Fellow Daoist Su, save me!"

Song Dong's heart was already filled with despair.

Su Changqing didn't know what this was, but as a member of the Demonic Cult, he knew clearly that this was the Forbidden Seal that everyone had to accept upon joining the sect, specifically to prevent members of the Demonic Cult from betraying the sect and revealing their unspeakable secrets.

Now, in order to survive, he had revealed the Demonic Cult's secret to Su Changqing, which naturally triggered this Forbidden Seal. He just hadn't expected that it could track him even thousands of miles away from their sect, all the way to the Qingyun Sect.

(End of chapter)